Old Photographs Alford Aberdeenshire Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of Alford, Scottish Gaelic: Athfort, a large village in Aberdeenshire. Situated just south of the River Don. It lies within the Howe of Alford, also called the Vale of Alford. Charles Murray was born on 27 September 1864 in Alford. He was a poet who wrote in the Doric dialect of Scots. He was one of three rural poets from the north east of Scotland, the others being Flora Garry and John C. Milne, who did much to validate the literary use of Scots. In 1924 he settled in Banchory, not far from where he was brought up. There he died in 1941. The narrow gauge railway, built from salvaged equipment from the New Pitsligo peat moss railway, was proposed in 1979 and opened in 1980. Originally it ran for 1.9 miles from Haughton Park station through Murray Park Woods. Then in 1984 another line was run from Alford station, alongside Alford Golf Course, to Haughton Park where there is a platform. However, the original Murray Woods line was then closed. The current station building is on the site of the original granite structure which was demolished after British Rail closed the line. The passenger platform is the original. A small railway museum is housed in the railway station building. The original locomotive shed was situated to the east of the station but this has also now been demolished. To the west of the station the granite carriage shed of the previous railway is now used by the Alford Valley Railway. The Grampian Transport Museum and Alford Heritage Centre are nearby. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
Alford windmill
Alford windmill information
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Kerr's Miniature Railway 16 June 2017
Alford Valley Railway 2015
A visit to the 2ft gauge Alford Valley Railway in Aberdeenshire. The film starts at the Haughton Park terminus and follows the line back to Alford Station. Due to a focussing issue with my camera there are a few 'glitches' in this film that caused me to consider not using it but as the line has been dormant for a while I hope you'll find the film acceptable.
Andrew Barclay No. 557 of 1970 - Almond Valley Heritage Trust - Low Resolution
Alford Young Farmers
Skegness Magazine
Wheedlemont Stones, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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NEAR WHEEDLEMONT FARM, YOU WILL FIND TWO MEGALITHS WHICH WERE PROBABLY ERECTED BY OUR NEOLITHIC ANCESTORS. ONLY ONE STILL STANDS. THE TWO WHINSTONE MEGALITHS ARE SITUATED ON A SOUTH SLOPING TERRACE. BEAUTIFUL VIEWS CAN BE SEEN TO THE EAST OF THE ABERDEENSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE.
LIKE THE NEAR BY ‘UPPER ORD’ STONES, WHEEDLEMOND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE REMAINS OF A STONE CIRCLE. MANY MEGALITHIC STONE CIRCLES ARE FOUND IN NE SCOTLAND. THE PROMINENT TRIANGULAR SHAPED WHEEDLEMONT HILL IS CLEARLY SEEN IN THE DISTANCE. I FEEL THERE IS A CONNECTION WITH THIS HILL AND THE TWO MEGALITHS.
WHEEDLEMONT HILL’S GAELIC NAME (CNOC CAILLICHE) TRANSLATES AS ‘THE WITCHES HILL’ OR ‘THE OLD WIFES HILL’. ON THE SUMMIT IS AN OVAL SHAPED FORT WITH A 3M WIDE NORTH EAST ENTRANCE. THE MIGHTY TAP O’ NOTH HILL IS OUT OF SIGHT, PROBABLY HIDDEN BEHIND THE TREE PLANTATION.
THE STANDING STONE IS OVER 2.5M HIGH X 0.5M THICK, WITH CHOCKING STONES AT THE BASE. THIS UPRIGHT RESEMBLES A HOODED FIGURE IF VIEWED FROM A CERTAIN ANGLE (A COMMON THEME WITH STANDING STONES). THE FIGURE SEEMS TO BE FACING ‘THE WITCHES HILL’.
25M AWAY IS THE FALLEN MEGALITH WHICH LIES ON A PILE OF SMALLER STONES.
PERHAPS THESE TWO STONES AND THE CLOSE BY ‘UPPER ORD’ SETTING, MAY HAVE BEEN A PROCESSIONAL AVENUE LIKE AT AVEBURY. ANOTHER STONE CALLED ‘THE CRAW STANE’ IS NEARBY.
A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS FROM PREHISTORY. THEY ERECTED THESE FASCINATING MEGALITHIC SITES, WHICH WE CAN STILL VISIT TODAY.
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Scotland Tour 13 - Cairngorms - Newtonmore
On-route south through the Cairngorms to Pitlockry.
A86 & A889
A trip on the Alford steam train
The Scalloway Museum
Expedition SHETLAND BUS visited the famous Scalloway Museum and met WILLIAM MOORE. See an interview with him in the EXPEDITION SHETLAND BUS DOCUMENTATION
Cogglesford Water Mill through an artist's eyes | Heritage artist UK history tour with John Bangay
Cogglesford Watermill, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. A fully restored and working watermill, probably the last Sherriff’s Watermill in England.
Battle of Winceby
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Battle of Winceby
The Battle of Winceby took place on 11 October 1643 during the English Civil War near the village of Winceby, Lincolnshire about 4 miles (6 km) east of Horncastle.
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Alford Valley Railway Saccharine at work
Welcome to the Alford Valley Railway
Scotlands first 2ft Narrow Gauge passenger railway, running a half-hourly service from Alford to Haughton Park
The Alford Valley Railway links the centre of Alford with the Haughton Park. The route goes from the former Alford Railway Station (now a fully restored Railway Museum with free entry), crosses the full width of the Alford Golf Course, where golfers always seem to manage a smile and a cheery wave, runs through the trees paralleling the Lang Stracht, and enters the Haughton Park through a tree lined avenue, terminating at the platform there. The journey offers some spectacular views of the Bennachie hill range. The engine is then turned around and the journey begins again in reverse. You may join the train in either direction for a single journey or return later.
King In Scotland For Holiday (1919)
Item title reads: Ballater - The King in Scotland - His Majesty inspects the Seaforth Highlanders before leaving for Balmoral Castle for a well-earned rest.
Ballater, Scotland.
LS. King George V. arrives to start the inspection of soldiers of the Seaforth Highlanders. MS. King George V. inspecting Seaforths - dressed in Scottish tartan. LS. Queen Mary gets into car King's Daimler car driving away crowds waving.
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A Ride on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, Scotland
A Ride on the 2ft Narrow Gauge Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, Scotland. The railway runs on weekends from April to September and is operated solely by volunteers. Famous in July 2016 for providing a linking service when the road was closed and a 50 mile round trip was the only alternative.
Andrew Barclay No. 557 of 1970 - Almond Valley Heritage Trust
Barclay ( built by Andrew Barclay No. 557 of 1970) at Livingston Mill station. She originally worked for ICI in explosives factories at Ardeer and Powfoot.
Strathspey Railway Footplate Run Pt 2.
A run along the Strathspey Railway. Leaving Boat of Garten for Aviemore on the footplate of Ex Wemyss Private Railway, Barclay No 17 Braeriach. With myself at the controlls with fireman Colin Harris.
Scottish Industrial Railway Centre 2018-08-19
translagion look down
Das Scottish Industrial Railway Centre befindet sich bei Patna, im „Nirgendwo“. Schon an der Schnellstraße hat man Schilder aufgestellt, dass es heute „dampft“. Wir haben erst einmal einen Schreck bekommen, als wir das Gelände sahen. Es standen auch schon ein paar Autos von Besuchern herum. Man kann sich erst einmal auf dem Gelände, welches eine alte Industrieanlage ist, umsehen. Die Gebäude fallen schon ein. Im Shop gibt es die Karten für den Zug, der ganz am Ende des Geländes fährt. Eine Lok mit einem Waggon pendeln durch die Landschaft. Es gibt ein interessantes Museum über die Industrie im letzten Jahrhundert. Neben div. Normalspur Lokomotiven hat man auch einige Schmalspurfahrzeuge. Naja.
The Scottish Industrial Railway Centre is situated near Patna. The area former used to be a brick and iron factory. Many railway relics stand around. At the end of the terrain, a steam train runs on Sundays, which is already announced at the highway. The train goes back and forth for a few minutes. The organisation has some standard gauge locomotives and some narrow gauge vehicles. The buildings of industrial plants are falling down. There is a small, interesting museum about the industrial plant.
Carved stone showing the man was found in 1978 in Aberdeenshire
The identity of a fearsome-looking man carved into Pictish stone has remained a mystery since the six-foot (1.78cm) rock was uncovered in 1978.
The ‘Rhynie Man’ - named after the village in which he was found - carries an axe upon his shoulder, has a large pointed nose, sharp teeth and wears a headdress, but no-one knows who he is or why he was created.
In a bid to yield answers to the mystery of Aberdeenshire’s ‘oldest man’, a team of archaeologists have embarked on a dig at the site.
The Rhynie Man is believed to date from the fifth or sixth century and there are many theories as to what he represents.
Dr Gordon Noble, a Senior Lecturer in archaeology at the University of Aberdeen, said the excavations would focus on the area around where the Rhynie Man was first found, by local farmer Kevin Alston at Barflat, and around the Craw Stane, another Pictish standing stone.
He said: ‘We did significant work at Rhynie in 2011 and 12 and identified that the area was a high-status and possibly even royal Pictish site.
‘We found many long distance connections such as pottery from the Mediterranean, glass from France and Anglo-Saxon metal work with evidence to suggest that intricate metalwork was produced on site.
‘Over the years many theories have been put forward about the Rhynie Man.
Ellon Town 1990 - Scott Robertson
Filmed on school camera in about 1990